Stellar line-up for Memorial Tournament

Seven of the world's top 10, including numbers one and two Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy, are in head-to-head combat at Muirfield Village in Ohio this week for the Memorial Tournament.

Lee Westwood, Jason Dufner and Matt Kuchar are the only three
missing, which means Tiger Woods is back to try to banish the memory of
three bad events in a row and Masters champion Bubba Watson is playing
for only the second time since his triumph at Augusta.

Donald, of course, is flying high with confidence after his successful defence of the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday.

The fact that he had another tournament to head for did not stop him celebrating.

After getting back to his home in Chicago he posted on Twitter:
"Quick sweat in the gym to get the last of the Moet out! Then off to The
Memorial to do it all over again."

For McIlroy it is a matter of finding some form with his defence of the US Open now only a fortnight away.

The 23-year-old Northern Irishman lost top spot to Donald at the
weekend after missing his second successive halfway cut by a worrying
eight shots at Wentworth.

McIlroy, who has now entered next week's St Jude Classic in
Memphis, admitted: "I think I might have taken my eye off the ball a
little bit.

"Maybe it's just not practising as hard as I might have been.
Pretty much everything went wrong, but I don't think it will be hard to
fix.

"I just need to hit a lot of balls and get comfortable with my game again. I'm still confident in my abilities."

He could move back to number one, but that requires him winning and Donald finishing outside the top 13.

Woods has already been at the Olympic Club in San Francisco this week preparing for the second major of the season.

His last three finishes have been 40th in the Masters, missed cut
at Quail Hollow and then 40th again at the Players Championship.

In an online chat with fans - the second time this year he has
done that rather than a press conference - Woods said he was happy with
how things are going with coach Sean Foley.

"We're excited about what we're working on. I hadn't played well in a couple of weeks, but we know what it is," he said.

"It's a matter of getting reps in and getting the trust in it."

Watson played in New Orleans three weeks after his first major
success, but then announced he was having a month off to devote time to
his wife and their newly-adopted baby son.

The left-hander, now fourth in the world, admits he is rusty, but feels ready to resume his career.

"I've probably really put in about three days of good, hard practice over the last month," he said.

"It's a different tired than we're used to, having a child. A lot
of different things going on. My mind is racing any time you hear
noise.

"But I got energised as soon as I got here Sunday afternoon and
I'm looking forward to the challenge of being out here and beating some
of the great players.